The article states "...several local chefs said the program merely simulated what students could learn in entry-level jobs."

Apparently the Obama admin put out more cash for Pell grants and these for-profit schools are finding out clever ways of claiming it.

"The Career Education Corporation, a publicly traded global giant, last year reported revenue of $1.84 billion. Roughly 80 percent came from federal loans and grants."

and its not just culinary schools reaping rewards:

"The Apollo Group — which owns the for-profit University of Phoenix — derived 86 percent of its revenue from federal student aid last fiscal year, according to BMO. Two years earlier, it was 69 percent."

So I guess the lesson we learned is...if a man is hungry don't give him a fish or teach him how to fish...teach him how to COOK fish for large, large sums of money!